10 Hottest Female Directors

Not just romcoms, drama and comedy – these ladies have given us some great war, action and thriller movies also.

Cinema’s cool goddesses who weave magic on the silver screen – we bring you the 10 hottest female directors of the world.

1. Kathryn Bigelow

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A list of the hottest female directors needs to begin with Kathryn Bigelow. It’s not just cinephiles who know that she is the first woman director to win the Best Director award at the Oscars and a number of other awarding events. Her movies are usually action thrillers – case in point being her award-winning ‘The Hurt Locker’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’, amongst others. Biggest personal thriller? We’d say defeating director-husband James Cameron at the 2010 Oscars.

2. Patty Jenkins

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Besides the fact that she looks like Liv Tyler, this lady is really hot for her range of directorial abilities. Thriller and mysteries come easy to her just as comedy and drama. Interestingly, she has only directed short films, TV series and TV movies with the exception of one – ‘Monster’ (2003). Interesting trivia – the director corresponded with convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos while making the movie, on whom the movie is based.

3. Julie Taymor

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How many directors have taken one of the most famous plays by one of the greatest English writers of all time and given it a twist by changing the male protagonist with a female one? Well, Julie Taymor did so in ‘The Tempest’ – originally a Shakespearean romance. Her directorial career has relied heavily on literature and art – ‘Frida’ and ‘Across The Universe’ being about painter Frida Kahlo and rock band The Beatles respectively.

4. Ida Lupino

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So she might not be a contemporary, but she was a prolific director of the 50s and 60s – and she was definitely hot. She had mostly directed TV shows, but had done a handful of movies as well, most of them dealing with women’s issues. This English-American actress-turned-director is usually regarded as one of the pioneer among women filmmakers. That makes her one of the hottest female directors for us.

5. Kirsten Sheridan

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This Irish director comes from a family of directors and screenwriters – and is as such one herself. Director of ‘August Rush’, Kirsten’s biggest claim to fame has been ‘In America’, a semi-autobiographical movie written by her father Jim, sister Naomi and herself – and directed by Jim. This movie went on to receive three Academy Award nominations, and a number of other wins and nominations.

6. Sofia Coppola

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Like father, like daughter. Sofia Coppola has not only taken after her legendary father’s footsteps, but she has blazed her own trail as well. Her movies had led to become the first American woman to win the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. One of her best movies was ‘Lost In Translation’ (2003), and her latest movie ‘The Bling Ring’ featuring Emma Watson is due for release on June 14.

7. Sharon Maguire

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Welsh director Sharon Maguire is best known for her movie ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’, an adaptation of the novel written by her close friend Helen Fielding. The character ‘Shazzer/Shazza’ is based on Sharon herself as well. This movie won her a number of nominations in European awarding events. Her last movie was ‘Incendiary’ – a British drama.

8. Anne Fletcher

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One of the best romcom directors of Hollywood, Anne Fletcher has also been a choreographer for many movies, including ‘Boogie Nights’ and ‘Ice Princess’. Her directorial ventures have given us some nice feel-good movies like ‘Step Up’, ’27 Dresses’ and ‘The Proposal’. She is now working on the sequel to ‘Ella Enchanted’. With her dance skills and her fun movies, this lady deserves to be on our top 10 hottest female directors.

9. Jodie Foster

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Yes, her. We all know she is an excellent actress – with two Oscar wins, no less. However, the actress is not one to rest on her laurels – she made her directorial debut with an episode from the 80s TV series ‘Tales From The Darkside’. Since then, she has made three movies – and her latest one, ‘Money Monster’ is presently under pre-production.

10. Kiran Rao

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We end the list with our very own Kiran Rao. Although she has directed only one movie till now (‘Dhobi Ghat’/‘Mumbai Diaries’), she has been an assistant director for a number of great movies – working with some big directors of the Indian film industry (Ashutosh Gowariker and Mira Nair). With her own production house now, we are expecting great things from Aamir Khan’s wife.